List of Soviet and Russian football champions
Football had been played in Russia since the Russian Empire days in the early 1900s, but it was not until 1936, 19 years after the Russian Revolution, that the Soviet Union established a national championship of clubs. Before then local leagues in Moscow and Saint Petersburg/Leningrad were the only prominent league competitions in the country, with some national championships held intermittently from 1912 to 1933, made up of city selections.
FIFA considers the Russian Premier League to be the successor of the former Soviet Top League. Spartak Moscow holds the record for most league titles won, 21 titles. The Soviet League was for most of its existence amateur, at least in theory (see shamateurism), but the Russian League has been professional since its inception.
Teams in bold indicates doubles won with the Soviet Cup before 1992 and with the Russian Cup thereafter. Teams in italics include Cup winners between the 2nd and 3rd league places.
Soviet League (1936–1991)
Main article: Soviet Top League
Soviet Group A
| Season | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Position | Top Scorer | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 (spring) | Dynamo Moscow | Dynamo Kiev | Spartak Moscow | Mikhail Semichastny (Dynamo Moscow) | 6 |
| 1936 (autumn) | Spartak Moscow | Dynamo Moscow | Dinamo Tbilisi | Georgy Glazkov (Spartak Moscow) | 7 |
| 1937 | Dynamo Moscow (2) | Spartak Moscow | Dynamo Kiev | Boris Paichadze (Dinamo Tbilisi) Leonid Rumyantsev (Spartak Moscow) Vasily Smirnov (Dynamo Moscow) |
8 |
| 1938 | Spartak Moscow (2) | CDKA Moscow | Metallurg Moscow | Makar Goncharenko (Dinamo Kiev) | 19 |
| 1939 | Spartak Moscow (3) | Dinamo Tbilisi | CDKA Moscow | Grigory Fedotov (CDKA Moscow) | 21 |
| 1940 | Dynamo Moscow (3) | Dinamo Tbilisi | Spartak Moscow | Grigory Fedotov (CDKA Moscow) Sergei Solovyov (Dynamo Moscow) |
21 |
| 1941 | Cancelled on 24 June due to World War II (Dynamo Moscow had the best record at that time) | ||||
| 1942-44 | Cancelled due to World War II | ||||
Soviet First Group
| Season | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Position | Top Scorer | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1945 | Dynamo Moscow (4) | CDKA Moscow | Torpedo Moscow | Vsevolod Bobrov (CDKA Moscow) | 24 |
| 1946 | CDKA Moscow | Dynamo Moscow | Dinamo Tbilisi | Aleksandr Ponomaryov (Torpedo Moscow) | 18 |
| 1947 | CDKA Moscow (2) | Dynamo Moscow | Dinamo Tbilisi | Vsevolod Bobrov (CDKA Moscow) Valentin Nikolayev (CDKA Moscow) Sergei Solovyov (Dynamo Moscow) |
14 |
| 1948 | CDKA Moscow (3) | Dynamo Moscow | Spartak Moscow | Sergei Solovyov (Dynamo Moscow) | 25 |
| 1949 | Dynamo Moscow (5) | CDKA Moscow | Spartak Moscow | Nikita Simonyan (Spartak Moscow) | 26 |
Soviet Class A
Soviet Class A, 1st Group
| Season | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Position | Top Scorer | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Dynamo Moscow (10) | Spartak Moscow | Dinamo Minsk | Oleg Kopaev (SKA Rostov-on-Don) | 27 |
| 1964 | Dinamo Tbilisi | Torpedo Moscow | CSKA Moscow | Vladimir Fedotov (CSKA Moscow) | 16 |
| 1965 | Torpedo Moscow (2) | Dynamo Kiev | CSKA Moscow | Oleg Kopaev (SKA Rostov-on-Don) | 18 |
| 1966 | Dynamo Kiev (2) | SKA Rostov-on-Don | Neftchi Baku | Ilya Datunashvili (Dinamo Tbilisi) | 20 |
| 1967 | Dynamo Kiev (3) | Dynamo Moscow | Dinamo Tbilisi | Mikhail Mustygin (Dinamo Minsk) | 19 |
| 1968 | Dynamo Kiev (4) | Torpedo Moscow | Spartak Moscow | Georgi Gavasheli (Dinamo Tbilisi) Berador Abduraimov (Pakhtakor Tashkent) |
22 |
| 1969 | Spartak Moscow (9) | Dynamo Kiev | Dinamo Tbilisi | Nikolai Osyanin (Spartak Moscow) Vladimir Proskurin (SKA Rostov-on-Don) Dzhemal Kherhadze (Torpedo Kutaisi) |
16 |
Soviet Supreme League (Soviet Top League)
Russian League (1992–present)
Main article: Russian Football Premier League
Russian Top League
| Season | Champion | Runner-up | 3rd position | Top Scorer | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Spartak Moscow (13) | Alania Vladikavkaz | Dynamo Moscow |  Vali Gasimov (Dinamo Moscow, 1-8 place).svg.png){kind=small} Yuri Matveyev (Uralmash, 9-20 place) |
16 20 |
| 1993 | Spartak Moscow (14) | Rotor Volgograd | Dynamo Moscow | Victor Panchenko (KamAZ Naberezhnye Chelny) |
21 |
| 1994 | Spartak Moscow (15) | Dynamo Moscow | Lokomotiv Moscow |  Igor Simutenkov (Dinamo Moscow) |
21 |
| 1995 | Alania Vladikavkaz | Lokomotiv Moscow | Spartak Moscow | Oleg Veretennikov (Rotor Volgograd) |
25 |
| 1996 | Spartak Moscow (16) | Alania Vladikavkaz | Rotor Volgograd | Aleksandr Maslov (Rostselmash) |
23 |
| 1997 | Spartak Moscow (17) | Rotor Volgograd | Dynamo Moscow | Oleg Veretennikov (Rotor Volgograd) |
22 |
Russian Top Division
| Season | Champion | Runner-up | 3rd position | Top scorer | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Spartak Moscow (18) | CSKA Moscow | Lokomotiv Moscow | Oleg Veretennikov (Rotor Volgograd) |
22 |
| 1999 | Spartak Moscow (19) | Lokomotiv Moscow | CSKA Moscow | .svg.png){kind=small} Georgi Demetradze (Alania Vladikavkaz) |
21 |
| 2000 | Spartak Moscow (20) | Lokomotiv Moscow | Torpedo Moscow | Dmitri Loskov (Lokomotiv Moscow) |
18 |
| 2001 | Spartak Moscow (21) | Lokomotiv Moscow | Zenit Saint Petersburg | Dmitri Vyazmikin (Torpedo Moscow) |
18 |
Russian Premier League
Total wins
14 clubs have won the league title, but only eight still compete in the Russian football league system and are eligible for the title. Lokomotiv, Rubin and Alania have never been Soviet Top League champions. Non-Russian clubs now compete in their own leagues. Years in italics indicate Soviet seasons.
| Club | Winners | Winning seasons |
|---|---|---|
| Spartak Moscow | 21 | 1936 (a), 1938, 1939, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1962, 1969, 1979, 1987, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 |
 FC Dynamo Kyiv |
13 | 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990 |
| CSKA Moscow | 12 | 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1970, 1991, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2012–13, 2013-14 |
| Dynamo Moscow | 11 | 1936 (s), 1937, 1940, 1945, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1963, 1976 (s) |
| Zenit St. Petersburg | 5 | 1984, 2007, 2010, 2011–12, 2014–15 |
| Torpedo Moscow | 3 | 1960, 1965, 1976 (a) |
 Dinamo Tbilisi |
2 | 1964, 1978 |
| Lokomotiv Moscow | 2 | 2002, 2004 |
| FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
2 | 1983, 1988 |
| Rubin Kazan | 2 | 2008, 2009 |
 Ararat Yerevan |
1 | 1973 |
| Alania Vladikavkaz | 1 | 1995 |
| FC Zorya Luhansk |
1 | 1972 |
 Dinamo Minsk |
1 | 1982 |
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